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Old 01-03-2006 | 01:11 PM
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Let's see, I have crashed my Kadet Sr. trying to hover it about a month ago and my Tiger 60 today being stupid. I have a Funtana that is still flight worthy and a pattern kit on the board. Neither of these planes are what I would consider relaxing to fly. What would the collective reccomend for a relaxing little plane to fly in the 60 range as I have a ST G75 and a Saito 100 on the shelf. I like building kits, so that is not an issue. Any input would be appreciated.
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Clipped Wing Cub!!!
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how about the 4 Star 60
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Big Stik/Ugly Stik or something similar.
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Go for Paul Swaney's Mojo 60 and put the Saito 100 in it. Then you'll hover and also feel relaxed.
Old 01-04-2006 | 02:19 PM
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Sold. I'll get another Tiger to build, maybe the deluxe, and the Cub. My wife will be sooooooo mad. He he he he.
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One man's relaxing is another man's boring. I always thought I'd like to have a Cub. To me, they are the epitome of single engine civilian aircraft. Then a guy at our club brought his 108" WS out. It's looks really cool coming in for a landing, but that darn thing can't do anymore than fly circles. BORING!

My 4* 60 is relaxing. It can do quite a bit of aerobatic stuff, but if I crash it, it's no great lose.

Just my 2 cents.

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ORIGINAL: kerrydel

One man's relaxing is another man's boring. I always thought I'd like to have a Cub. To me, they are the epitome of single engine civilian aircraft. Then a guy at our club brought his 108" WS out. It's looks really cool coming in for a landing, but that darn thing can't do anymore than fly circles. BORING!

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Thats exactly why I've never wanted a Cub. I even find myself shaking my head when I see someone TRYING to fly one of those darn things.

Flying in circles is for buzzards.[sm=lol.gif]

For a ST 75 or a 1.00 engine consider the following:

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXHU91&P=0

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXGZD8&P=0

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXCSW5&P=0

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXAP63&P=0

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXCZR7&P=0

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXJEG0&P=0

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXCUS6&P=0

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXH756&P=0

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXHWS5&P=0

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXFTC3&P=0

Thats a decent number of choices. From General Aviation Scale up to 3D.


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ORIGINAL: kerrydel

One man's relaxing is another man's boring. I always thought I'd like to have a Cub. To me, they are the epitome of single engine civilian aircraft. Then a guy at our club brought his 108" WS out. It's looks really cool coming in for a landing, but that darn thing can't do anymore than fly circles. BORING!

Kerry
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Thats exactly why I've never wanted a Cub. I even find myself shaking my head when I see someone TRYING to fly one of those darn things.

Flying in circles is for buzzards.[sm=lol.gif]
This is exactly why I am so adamant about Clipping the Wing on a Cub!

I always thought a Cub was a boring plane till I saw a Clipped Wing Goldberg Anniversary Cub fly...

I went right out and bought one! It's one of the best little aerobatic planes in the air!

But you MUST clip the wing!
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I really liked the Tiger, that is why I am going to replace it. My Funtana covers all the 3D, even though I cannot.

The Cub has a few benifits that I had not considered.

1) I have a set of plans for a 25% Katana I want to build, but my skills aren't there yet.
2) The Cub is an advanced build. It should bring my skills up to building from plans only.
3) I can fly it at Scale fun flys, where my funtana is not really scale.
4) I would hate to put floats on any of my true aerobatic planes, but the Cub is begging for them.

Lopoks to me like a win-win deal. A guy where I work wants to put headers and a 4 barrell on his 72 Mustang, looks like I will have the money for it.

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